Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova (née Katowich, Belarusian: Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава (Катовіч), Russian: Марина Александровна Арзамасова; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.
Career and achievements
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres. In August 2014, Arzamasova won 2014 European Athletics Championships in the 800 metres in a European leading time of 1:58.15. One year later she became world champion in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Family
Her mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.
Suspension
In August 2019, Arzamasova was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned steroid-like substance LGD-4033.
References
External links
- Maryna Arzamasova at World Athletics
